Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, chest presses first, research says
New guidelines switch the steps for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), telling rescuers to start with hard, fast chest presses before giving mouth-to-mouth.
Research
Chewing tobacco consumption on the rise, reveals survey
Consumption of the smokeless form of tobacco
Cervical cancer, 8 HPV types in focus
Scientists have identified the eight human papillomavirus (HPV) types responsible for more than 90% of cervical cancer cases worldwide and say they should be the targets for the next generation of vaccines.
Stem cell jab could replace hip, knee surgeries
A simple treatment that could end the need for painful hip and knee replacements is being developed by British scientists. Within 10 years, damaged joints could be rejuvenated by injections of stem cells.
Eliza, a friendly robot to attend sick children
Telemedicine researchers of University of Queensland in Australia are using a robot by name Eliza to bridge the distances and, to improve the delivery of specialist medical care.
Fitness market demands wireless technology in healthcare
Fitness pushes high demand for wireless devices used to monitor physical performance.
Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health organises workshop for FDA
In an effort to boost the efficacy of civic authorities in the campaign against tobacco, the Healis Sekhsaria Institute for Public Health has conducted an advocacy workshop for Food Inspectors from the FDA, aimed at sensitising these officials with regard to their role in the implementation of the tobacco control laws, and how they can act as conduits for channelising and implementing the law in their jurisdiction.
Microsoft, partners to employ IT in ‘ground-breaking’ genetics research
Microsoft, Scripps Health, Affymetrix and Navigenics will launch what the companies say is ground-breaking research to uate the impact of personal genetic testing on the health and psyche of a patient.
US drug shortage could threaten health system
A growing shortage of important chemotherapy drugs, anesthetics and antibiotics, which has compromised or delayed care for some US patients […]
Lancet Health Policy Report, experts
Global researchers from across the world have stressed on the need for a large scale global response to combat the threat from cancer similar to HIV and TB control initiatives in a recent public health policy paper published in the Lancet, world’s leading general medical journal.
Nobel Prize for Medicine 2007
U.S. citizens Mario R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies and Sir Martin J. Evans of Britain won the 2007 Nobel Prize in medicine for groundbreaking discoveries that led to a technique for manipulating mouse genes.
India
A study from Thomson Reuters released predicts that, based on substantial and recent growth, India
Lung cancer can have an early detection now
Scientists have developed a method to detect early signs of lung cancer by examining cheek cells in humans using pioneering biophotonics technology, reports the journal Cancer Research in its online edition.
